CIFOR facilitated 27 communities in the Upper Malinau watershed to develop agreements about their village boundaries and map them through participatory methods. Decentralization reforms created new values of forest resources and uncertainties that increased conflict over local resources. The auth...
Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Anau, N.
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Iwan, R.
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Heist, M. van
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Limberg, G.
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Sudana, M.
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[Building agreements among stakeholders]
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Building agreements among stakeholders
A non-technical account in Indonesian of the development and application of methods to assess biodiversity with the involvement of local communities in the forests of Malinau East Kalimantan. The new methods are shown to offer many benefits over more conventional approaches.
Sheil, Douglas
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Liswanti, N.
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Wan, M.
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Heist, M. van
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Samsoedin, I.
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Kartawinata, K.
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Rukmiyati
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Sardjono, M.A.
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[Prioritas lokal dan keanekaragaman hayati dalam lansekap hutan: apa yang penting menurut masyarakat?]
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Prioritas lokal dan keanekaragaman hayati dalam lansekap hutan: apa yang penting menurut masyarakat?
Tropical forest people often suffer from the same processes that threaten biodiversity. An improved knowledge of what is important to local people could improve decision making. This article examines the usefulness of explicitly asking what is important to local people. Our examples draw on biodi...
Sheil, Douglas
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Puri, R.K.
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Wan, M.
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Basuki, I.
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Heist, M. van
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Liswanti, N.
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Rukmiyati
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Rachmatika, I.
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Samsoedin, I.
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[Recognizing local people’s priorities for tropical forest biodiversity]
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Recognizing local people’s priorities for tropical forest biodiversity
There is a considerable body of ecological information relevant to the management of tropical forests, but in practice, little of this is used. It is demonstrated how ecology helps to understand forests and forest change and argued that there is an urgent need for a wider appreciation and utilisa...
A succinct account of the development and application of methods to assess biodiversity with the involvement of local communities in the forests of Malinau East Kalimantan. The new approach is shown to offer many benefits over more conventional approaches.
Sheil, Douglas
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Liswanti, N.
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Heist, M. van
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Basuki, I.
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Syaefuddin
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Samsoedin, I.
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Rukmiyati
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Sardjono, M.A.
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[Local priorities and biodiversity]
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Local priorities and biodiversity
Sparsely populated and abundant in rich and exotic biodiversity, the vast and highly inaccessible Mamberamo Basin in Indonesia’s West Papua (Irian Jaya) contains some of the world’s most pristine rainforests. The region’s 7,000 people and their communities are spread over 7.7 million hectares of ...
Boissiere, M.
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Heist, M. van
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Sheil, Douglas
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Basuki, I.
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Frazier, S.
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Ginting, U.
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Wan, M.
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Hariadi, B.
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Hariyadi, H.
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Kristianto, H.D.
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Bemei, J.
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Haruway, R.
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Marien, E.R.C.
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Koibur, D.P.H.
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Watopa, Y.
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Rachman, I.
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Liswanti, N.
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[Pentingnya sumberdaya alam bagi masyarakat lokal di daerah aliran sungai Mamberamo, Papua, dan implikasinya bagi konservasi]
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Pentingnya sumberdaya alam bagi masyarakat lokal di daerah aliran sungai Mamberamo, Papua, dan implikasinya bagi konservasi
We describe the vegetation of Kwerba, in the foothills of the Foja Mountains in the Mamberamo Basin of West Papua, Indonesia. Few surveys have been carried out in this remote area of Western New Guinea. Working in collaboration with local people we made 15 plots, 10 in primary forest, 3 in second...
Heist, M. van
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Sheil, Douglas
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Rachman, I.
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Gusbager, P.
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Raweyai, C. O.
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Yoteni, H. S. M.
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[The forests and related vegetation of Kwerba, on the Foja Foothills, Mamberamo, Papua (Indonesian New Guinea)]
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The forests and related vegetation of Kwerba, on the Foja Foothills, Mamberamo, Papua (Indonesian New Guinea)
Forest cover has been converted to agricultural land use in and around the protected areas of Uganda. The objectives of this study were; to examine the dynamics of forest cover change in and around Bwindi impenetrable forest between 1973 and 2010 and to identify the drivers of forest cover change...
Twongyirwe, R.
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Majaliwa, J.G.M.
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Ebanyat, Peter
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Tenywa, M.M.
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Sheil, Douglas
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Heist, M. van
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Oluka, M.
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Kumar, L.
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[Dynamics of forest cover conversion in and around Bwindi impenetrable forest, Southwestern Uganda]
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Dynamics of forest cover conversion in and around Bwindi impenetrable forest, Southwestern Uganda
Heist, M. van
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Liswanti, N.
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Boissiere, M.
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Padmanaba, M.
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Basuki, I.
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Sheil, D.
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[Exploring Local Perspectives for Conservation Planning: A Case Study from a Remote Forest Community in Indonesian Papua]
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Exploring Local Perspectives for Conservation Planning: A Case Study from a Remote Forest Community in Indonesian Papua